we didn’t hear or see much about this but would the short text, active, conversational style of twitter be more conducive than facebook for low literacy learners
"Both Twitter and Facebook are social networking services. Initially, Facebook was seen to allow more options. i.e. Facebook enabled the users to "upload pictures, videos, games, and apps to your profile: embed videos from Youtube; and post calendar events. Twitter at first glance, only allows for text, text, and more text with links. Twitter is a microblogging service while Facebook has many facets including a microblogging component. (8)"
Tagtmeier (2010) pg 8
Both Facebook and Twitter have tried to adapt features from one another in order to become more like each other. An example with Twitter an account can be linked with other services such as Youtube, and LinkedIn. Twitter users can also share pictures.
Tagtmeier (2010) pg 8
Twitter and Facebook are considered two of the most popular social networking tools. Myspace and LinkedIn are closest to Facebook while Tumblr is said to be the closest microbloggling service to Twitter.
Tagtmeier (2010) pg 8
"Twitter is considered to be a more active form of communication and thought to be more conversational while FB is considered to be more passive.(8)"
Tagtmeier (2010) pg 8
"Twitter has been compared to a large party where you don't know anyone but hope to make a lot of friends. Facebook is like a wedding reception that is filled with family and friends (8)."
Tagtmeier (2010) pg 8
Twitter limits it messages to only a 140 characters which make make it less intimidating for the new learner.
Twitter was initially used as a way to "keep a group of friends informed to communicate on each other's activities and whereabouts, it quickly grew into a communication tool used by individuals and entities alike for late breaking information (3559)."
Mendoza (no year listed) pg 3559
"Twitter allows us to define who and how we interact with others (3559)." ...Much life the real world, it is not only our words but our actions that define our participation and contribution to our community. By receiving and providing information in a similar format from our mentors and twitter experts, we become empowered by the knowledge and learning we receive in our twitter space" (Cross, 2007)(3559).
Mendoza (no year listed) pg 3559
The ability to "define who and how we interact with others(3559)" is especially significant for the adult learner in that it is a more student centered way of learning.
Mendoza (no year listed) pg 3559
"When looking at these two tools, one issue come up quite frequently the issue of privacy. Privacy seems paramount to the users of Facebook, but Twitter users tend to embrace the feeling that everything is public. Simply look at this difference in the two services: Facebook gives you friends, while Twitter gives you followers. With Facebook, you often need some sort of approval to contact another user while Twitter does not require the same type of approval. (8)" Note Twitter now gives account holders the options to lock their accounts and one has to be approved in order to read any of the Tweets.
Tagtmeier (2010) pg 8
"Twitter experts are generally identified by the number of users following them"( 3560).
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